LIFE IN A DAY

• Thursday, 28 April 2011
• By Tusk
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A piece of ‘user generated content’ of epic proportions – never before has a crowd sourced doco played out on such a staggering scale. ‘Life in a Day’ is a documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive for one particular day on Earth.

Director Kevin MacDonald put out a call to all YouTube viewers to submit there own ‘life in a day’. On July 24, 2010, people from around the world with a camera at their disposal, assumed the role of filmmaker, to document a piece of their own lives for the rest of the world to see. Video cameras, mobile phones and webcams were used – with Macdonald even distributing 450 cameras to developing countries, to give a more accurate representation.

80,000 videos were submitted from 140 countries, totaling more than 4,500 hours of footage. After hours of viewing, culling and editing (with the help of 23 assistant editors), Macdonald and producer Ridley Scott, put together a 90-minute feature film worthy of a premiere at Sundance.

The film depicts the lives of 25 people, embodies a new means of storytelling and gives insight into the unique nature of human life.